EUR21,81
Cooler Master PC fan Sickleflow 140 ARGB
140 mm, 1 x
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6 reviews
Good
Pro
- Are very good and beautiful
Pleasantly quiet RGB fan
Pro
- Quiet
- Cheap
Cables At CoolerMaster Must Cost A Fortune
So all in all, this fan is very nice. The lighting on it is well diffused and the animations if you use any, are nicely carried out. The flow from one colour to the next is smooth in other words.
The only downside is, that I have never come across a case fan, which has such a short cable. I can see this being an ok solution for those of us, who plug the fan in on the motherboard. BUT!
The truth is, the people who would spend money on a fan like this:
- Have a costly PC case.
- Most likely have a side-window to their case to show off the interior.
- Care about cable-management and therefore run all possible cables behind the case.
- Are some sort of enthusiasts
- Probably have more than one fan and given there are only so many ARGB and FAN sockets on the motherboard, we all use Controller at the back of the Motherboard.
So I do not understand, why the cable is so short. I had to re-engineer my case so that the cables would reach the Controller. I can tell the idea behind the short cable was to not have it clutter aesthetically in the front. But as stated above, people buying fans like these probably have a case that requires more than one fan, they also care about aesthetics, so just make the cable longer and we can run it from behind. Unfortunately, if you are going to buy this fan, keep this in mind.
With that said, this fan does come with a Controller that allows for a few fans to be hooked into it and also offer equivalent number of sockets for ARGB. Therefore, CoolerMaster did consider that these Controllers will be mounted at the back of the Motherboard, so it boggles my mind, why they did not leave some slack on the cable's length.
For reference, I have C700M for a case and this fan located at the rear exhaust with the Controller being behind the motherboard, in the middle. The cable which barely reached was directed to the Controller in the most optimal way and still it was slightly too short.
Pro
- Nice RGB
- Colours Animations Are Fluid
- Colours Are Accurate
- Fan Intake/Exhaust Is Above Average
- Comes With A Fan Controller
Contra
- Cables Are Too Short
- Cables Are Very Short
- An ARGB extender might be needed
Quiet fan with beautiful ARGB
I installed the fans on a Silent Loop 2 AiO because I wanted to switch to ARGB. Air throughput is sufficient and very quiet in operation.
Edit on 22.03.2022
In the meantime, both fans have already suffered bearing damage.
Would no longer recommend them if the PC is used for several hours a day.Pro
- Bar
- Sufficient airflow for radiator
- ARGB double connection
Contra
- Cable partly a little short
- Edit: Bearing damage after less than a year
Price performance top
Pro
- Beautiful Rgb lighting
- Quality is very good
Contra
- Short power and Rgb cable
Good product overall
Good product overall. You can connect the RGB cables together if you have 2 or more, so you don't need an additional splitter.
Sadly they did not do it for the power cable, and this cable is quite short. For 2 of them I had to buy a cable extension in order to plug it to my cable splitter.
Works perfectly with Asus aura.Pro
- Compatibility
- Color
Contra
- Power cable too short
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